Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken and Veggies
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The easiest one pot recipe ever. Simply throw everything in and that’s it! No cooking, no sauteeing. SO EASY!
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Just because summer is quickly approaching in about two weeks does not mean that you need to put your crockpot in storage. Rain or shine, winter or summer, slow cookers are meant to be used 365 days of the year, and it comes in really handy when you move into a new home and you have no idea if the oven or gas range is working yet.
Seriously. We have been living in our new home for less than a week and I have yet to test out the stove. But my slow cooker never fails me, especially in this glorious one pot meal, packed with the most flavor-packed chicken thighs and three different kinds of veggies.
The recipe calls for bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, which I highly recommend using if you decide to broil the chicken at the very end to help crisp up the skin. But this is a completely optional step so if you decide to skip this, it is best to use boneless, skinless chicken thighs (or boneless, skinless chicken breasts). You can’t go wrong either way!
Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken and Veggies
Ingredients
- 8 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
- 16 ounces baby red potatoes, halved
- 16 ounces baby carrots
- 16 ounces green beans, trimmed
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
For the sauce
- ½ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- ½ cup honey
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Equipment
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine soy sauce, honey, ketchup, garlic, basil, oregano, red pepper flakes and pepper.
- Place chicken thighs, potatoes, carrots and soy sauce mixture into a 6-qt slow cooker. Cover and cook on low heat for 7-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours, basting every hour. Add green beans during the last 30 minutes of cooking time.
- OPTIONAL: Preheat oven to broil. Place chicken thighs onto a baking sheet, skin side up, and broil until crisp, about 3-4 minutes.
- Serve chicken immediately with potatoes, carrots and green beans, garnished with parsley, if desired.
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One more thing to add – I do think the recipe should be called something different. “Honey Garlic Chicken” is really misleading. I think it should be called something like “Tangy Honey Chicken” or something.
I was worried about making this after reading some of the negative comments, but I was happily surprised! There is definitely a tang to this that I could see bothering some people. When my husband and I had our first bite, we both had the same first reaction, because it doesn’t taste how you think it would. But after the second and third bites, we decided we really liked it. Was easy to make and we had tasty left overs!
Love this recipe! I included it on my blog: Gift Guide for Tiny + Off-Grid Living. Keep up the great cooking!
I made this recipe yesterday and I will give it 5 stars. Thr only difference is I used drumsticks and addee a little more honey. Othet than that I followed the recipe. My kids 3 and 15 ate all of their veggies without a peep. I will be making this recipe again.
I gotta say, I have no idea how anyone could say this was a bad recipe! Clearly they must have screwed it up. I’ve made it 3 times already and every time it’s a huge hit in my house. The second time I made it, the chicken did fall apart a bit, but that was my fault for having cooked it too long. I set some of the juice aside for when I broil the chicken afterwards. I add a little bit of melted butter to it and then baste the chicken while it’s crisping. Sometimes you have to tweak a recipe just a tad bit to fit your taste. Common sense.
I made this for my boyfriend and he raved for days about it! I was only able to use about 1/4 c of honey since it was all I had on hand and it was still wonderful. Thank you for such a great and easy recipe! I’ll be making this again in the near future!
I’ve tried this many times, and while it’s pretty good it NEVER turns out like the picture. I’m currently broiling my thighs to crisp them up, but I don’t think it’s really going to help. How big of a crock pot should I be using? I have no reason to ‘baste’ them because everything is under liquid in my 6 or 7 quart crock pot…
I used a 6-qt slow cooker here!
This is not a crock pot when you have to marinate every hour. This will marinate tonight and make all day tomorrow. Will keep you posted.
I made this a few days ago and it was amazing! I’m surprised at how many negative reviews there are- I followed the recipe exactly and I wouldn’t change a thing. The leftovers were even better a few days later!
This is one of the best recipes I’ve ever seen, looks delicious and is so easy to cook. Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe with us AMAZING……
Hi there, I would really like to make this recipe for two families with a total of 15 mouths to feed. I’m thinking my 6qt slow cooker won’t be big enough for all that food. I have a huge Dutch oven. Any suggestions on temperature and cook time in the oven for that much chicken and veggies? I’ve made this recipe before in the crock and it was great! I’m sorry if a similar question has been asked. I tried to read the comments, but there are sooo many.
Thanks for all the great recipes! Your site is my go to for one pan dishes!
some people have done it in the oven & the stove top. You’ll have to take the time to go through the comments for the times.
I was worried about cooking it after erading some of the reviews but it came out amazing! I used skinless breasts and cooked on high for 4 hours. The carrots still had a crunch to them and came out soo good! I think I’ll had the green beans a little earlier though:)
Yay! I’m so happy to hear that!
Chungah,
Wow! Yummy. I cannot miss the real beauty of this recipe. My husband is coming back home next week after his two months business trip. I tried this out yesterday with my grandma and shared with dad. He absolutely loved it and requested me to try out different recipes like this. All credit goes to you. It is high time to impress Mike with this delicious dish.
Once again, thank you very much for your recipe. Keep sharing the good work.
~ Anna
I made this recipe with a few tweaks! I added sesame oil, rice vinegar, lots more garlic, garlic salt, mushrooms, and asparagus. I omitted the dried herbs. And I cooked on low for about 5 hours. After it finished I reduced the sauce on stove top and added heavy cream. It was still a thin sauce however it was so tasty and creamy! The original recipe didn’t sound like it’d be my favorite, but with these few tweaks the whole family loved the meal.
I made this with boneless chicken for my husband. He loved it! Said the chicken was delicious. I ate some of the veggies and they were good, but the sauce wasn’t my favorite. (That’s a matter of preference, not a faulty recipe!) This was so easy to make & I will certainly make it again for my husband.
I had to give you some positive feedback after seeing some rude comments about people not liking this. Its hard to mess up a slow cooker recipe first of all and this was no exception! Whoever didn’t like this must have managed to mess it up or they are very picky. It came out delicious! I made a couple minor changes for personal preference… I did 1.5 lbs of boneless skinless chicken breast and shredded it after cooking on high for 3 hrs. then I put set it on low for another hour and let the chicken soak up more flavor while adding green beans a dash of woshtershire sauce, some onion powder, garlic powder and more salt and pepper. It came out soooooooo yummy. Thanks for another great recipe!
Excited about having this for dinner again tonight!!
It takes a bit of planning to make sure I have all the ingredients, but we just love this. I’ve suggested it to other people, and they love it also. A big plus is that it left my oven available to make a crusty bread to go with it! I added some water to make the gravy my hubby loves, so the crusty bread will come in handy.
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MWAH!!!
I’ve made this in the slow cooker in the past. Yum! Yesterday I ran out of time to get it in the slow cooker, so I tried converting to the Instant Pot. It turned out wonderful.
What settings did you you for the instant pot?
Oh my gosh this looks so good! Girl, I am over here drooling over this dish right now. I am all over this! I can’t even stop starring.
I was curious as to how you fit 8 bone in chicken thighs in a 6 quart crock pot. However, after watching the video, I see that you only put 3 in…?